UBC Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) serves as the “City Hall” for UBC Vancouver’s 1,000 acre campus and is made up of experts dedicated to creating a vibrant, sustainable, live-work-learn community at UBC. With roughly 150,000 trips per day to and from campus, and commuting-related emissions representing nearly 40% of UBC’s total greenhouse gas emissions, encouraging sustainable transportation choices is a critical component of UBC’s broader sustainability and climate action efforts.
The Sustainable Transportation Engineering Coordinator (EIT) (“Engineering Coordinator”) leads the coordination and delivery of a range of sustainable transportation projects, programs, and initiatives of small to medium scale, under the direction of the Manager, Transportation Engineering, and coordinates related monitoring, permitting, data and asset management programs. They will be responsible for proposing, developing and advancing assigned projects, including monitoring progress, risks, and outcomes, and applying engineering standards, policies, and regulatory frameworks to inform project design and implementation. The Engineering Coordinator applies technical analysis and sound judgment in project delivery, identifying issues and monitoring the performance of assigned projects. The role involves collaborating with multiple stakeholders, leading coordination across UBC, the AMS, and the University Neighbourhood Association (UNA). They will collect, manage and analyze transportation data sets and facilitate related research and reporting activities, working with other units within C+CP and/or academic partners as required. This may include reporting progress to internal and interagency advisory groups or committees. They will contribute to C+CP’s role in managing the transportation impacts of construction and improving signage and wayfinding, considering the safety, comfort and convenience of current and future transportation users of all ages and abilities.
The Engineering Coordinator will lead elements of the monitoring and implementation of UBC’s Transportation Plan and transportation components of UBC’s Campus Plan, Neighbourhood Plans, Climate Action Plan, and Neighbourhood Climate Action Plan. They may also contribute to C+CP’s sustainable transportation outreach and behaviour change initiatives and related social marketing, event coordination, and communication activities.
This role is intended to provide the incumbent with ongoing professional development toward their Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation through mentorship and progressively responsible assignments. The Engineering Coordinator will gain hands-on experience across a range of innovative sustainable transportation initiatives, including active transportation infrastructure, transit priority measures, micromobility programs, and pilot projects that advance UBC’s climate and mobility objectives.
This position reports to the Manager, Transportation Engineering and works closely with the Manager, Transportation Planning and Sustainable Transportation Planner and Program Lead within the Community Development & Transportation unit of UBC’s Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) department. They will work collaboratively with staff across C+CP, liaising directly with staff at UBC Facilities, Student Housing & Community Services, Campus Security, UBC Parking, the AMS, and the UNA as needed to support the success of sustainable transportation projects, programs and initiatives.